Power station gets £35m investment

A £35m (€52.3m) investment is being made in the Kilroot power station in Co Antrim to enable it to meet tough new EU environmental emission regulations, it was announced today.

Around 200 construction jobs will be created during the work, which is scheduled to be completed late in 2007 and an additional eight permanent jobs will be added to the 120-strong workforce running the power station.